Volume 1: The Rise of Elanhill Chapter 0099 Admirer
"Bang!" The heavy castle gate was pushed open from the outside, and Cape Luna walked into the slightly dim hall with a gloomy face. Behind her were the guards, and the sound of armor colliding in the empty hall was even more obvious.
"Father! The Holy Demon Empire has gone too far!" The pleasant voice echoed in the hall. The flames swayed with the breeze that flowed in from the door, illuminating the golden throne and the middle-aged man sitting on it.
"Luna! My dear baby! Have those Holy Demon Empire dragon knights who passed through the border left?" The man sitting on the throne asked softly with a faint smile on his face, neither hurried nor slow.
"Father! Seven villages were slaughtered! The Holy Demon Empire should at least give us an explanation this time, right?" Luna gritted her teeth in hatred when she mentioned this matter. All she saw were human tragedies as she investigated along the way.
"What explanation do you have for us? We are mortals, Luna... The strong don't need to give any explanation to the weak." King Cape Castner of Higgs leaned on his throne and said to his daughter.
A trace of unwillingness flashed across Luna's face. She paused and then continued, "I chased them all the way to the border of Seris. Those dragon knights were obviously heading for Seris."
"Yes, after you left, I got news from another direction." Cape Kastner nodded and said to his daughter, "They are going to attack Seris City! The Holy Demon Empire and Elan Hill have gone to war."
Upon hearing the news, Princess Cape Luna was visibly stunned for a moment, then she widened her beautiful eyes and looked at her father: "This is impossible! The Holy Demon Empire has never waged a full-scale war against a mortal empire! The most they can do is send out a team of dragon knights, and that's it..."
When she said this, she paused. The dragon riders that passed through the territory of Higgs Kingdom were obviously not just one group. It was an army of dragon riders that had never been seen before. Witnesses said there were about 80 dragons.
"This... How is it possible..." Cape Luna held the long sword at her waist and staggered a step subconsciously. She frowned and thought for a few seconds before looking up at Cape Kastner on the throne: "Is there any other news that I don't know?"
"There are too many news that you don't know. For example, Ailan Hill declared a full-scale war on the Alante Empire, captured all the border castles without bloodshed, and captured Naaru in one fell swoop."
"I know that." Luna replied with some disapproval. When the news reached Higgs Kingdom, Luna was still in Higgsnar, the capital of Higgs. Of course, she heard about the war. At that time, she was worried that Ailan Hill would bring the war to Higgs.
At that time, Higgs had also made preparations for war, and tens of thousands of elite troops had already headed to the border areas to prevent Ailan Hill from suddenly turning around and shifting the target of the attack to the Higgs Kingdom.
However, the crisis was resolved soon after. On the one hand, from a strategic point of view, Ireland Hill would not actively provoke the not-so-weak Higgs Kingdom after establishing Alante as a powerful enemy.
On the other hand, the news that Ireland Hill's main force continued to move south was confirmed, so Higgs was relieved.
At the beginning, when he heard that the main force of Ireland Hill continued to move south, Cape Castner, the king of the Higgs Kingdom, once considered the possibility of a surprise attack on Seris to gain advantage.
However, in the end, this plan was shelved due to insufficient preparation. The Higgs Kingdom missed the best opportunity or escaped a disaster, and by accident, it still lives in peace with its neighbor Ireland Hill until today.
"What you don't know is that these Irish Hill troops continued to move south and occupied Bud, Maritsa and Volavo. And according to intelligence, the enemy suffered very few casualties, so few that they were almost negligible." Ignoring his daughter's words, King Cape Castner continued.
"What? Less than 100,000 Elanhill soldiers actually captured so many large cities at once?" After hearing this news, Cape Luna was a little uneasy. She had also learned various command tactics, so she certainly knew how difficult it was to attack so many large cities at once.
If you are not careful, you will be caught in a dilemma in a siege, the casualties of the troops will remain high, the war will be protracted, and eventually the powerful country will collapse due to excessive consumption - in the past sieges often turned into a country's nightmare, but now it is different.
The siege of Ailan Hill seemed very easy. It took a short time, and even the casualties were pitifully small. This made Cape Luna a little uneasy. Could it be that Ailan Hill had some new weapons of war? This thought vaguely emerged in her mind.
"Not only that, an unknown general, a young man named Corea, led thousands of people in Bud and defeated the tens of thousands of troops commanded by Prince Lumbak." As if intending to tease his daughter, His Majesty the King Higgs spoke out another explosive news.
After hearing the news, Luna's expression became even more vivid. Her beautiful face was filled with disbelief, and she asked, "Are you kidding? Kolya? Who is this person? A famous general from Elanhill?"
Before the Battle of Bud, of course not many people had heard of the name Coria. Before the Battle of Bud, the most famous self-introduction of this general of Elan Hill was "the adjutant of General Wagron of Seris City".
But now, when people mention Corea, they will actively think of the Battle of Bud, Prince Rumbach who was defeated by Corea, and the main force of the 60,000 Alante border troops who were defeated by less than 10,000 Elanhill grenadiers.
Kolya became famous overnight in this battle, and he became known as a peerless general in the eyes of many people. If it weren't for the other generals who had even more impressive achievements, Kolya might have been touted as the number one general in the mortal kingdom.
It’s a pity that his dazzling record was overshadowed by an even more dazzling record. After all, someone accomplished the feat of slaying a dragon in the Fallen Dragon City... and Grand Duke Chris of Elanhill annihilated the giant horse cavalry of the Holy Demon Empire in the Fallen Dragon City.
King Kastner has not yet mentioned the dragon-slaying incident. He is now talking about another battle that does not look as exciting, but is equally thrilling: "The more interesting thing is yet to come. The famous general Modler defected to Elanhill and easily killed the veteran Franky in the Battle of Volavor."
The importance of this battle has already emerged. As a resource, magic ore provides unparalleled support for Ailan Hill. Therefore, compared with the record of annihilating 17 dragons in the Falling Dragon City, Modler's battle in Volavor is more strategically significant.
"I know Modler. He is already famous in the south. However... it is incredible that he can easily defeat old General Franky..." Luna was almost numbed by the shock of the news. She responded casually and continued to think about her own thoughts.
She was now almost certain that Ailan Hill must have a new tactic or new weapon. Otherwise, with Ailan Hill's limited military strength , it would be difficult to defeat the Alante Empire, let alone occupy so many places.
Just as Princess Luna was daydreaming, King Castner continued to talk about the dragon-slaying incident at Elanhill: "Yes, and then the former deputy commander of the Hanhai Castle, Burjos, slaughtered 17 dragons in the battle of Maritza..."
"..." Luna found that she could no longer make any surprised sounds. She had tried hard to think of Ailan Hill as powerful, but she found that she had underestimated her neighbor in the end.
No wonder those dragon knights chose to cross the Higgs Kingdom. It turned out that they suffered a great loss in Maritsa in the south, so this time they chose a direction that was easier to succeed and chose to attack the most important target of Ireland Hill!
Then... can Ailan Hill create a miracle again? Can they defeat the dragon again and continue the myth of mortals? Involuntarily, Luna looked towards the east, her eyes full of worry.
"The subsequent information was a bit confusing. After all, the battlefield situation was too complicated, and our spies could only get a rough idea." King Castner explained embarrassedly, and then continued: "The general situation is that Ailan Hill's troops then counterattacked the Alante Empire and defeated the enemy's 200,000 troops."
Without waiting for Luna to recover from her shock, he continued, "If the news is true, then the only things that will limit the rise of Ailan Hill are small issues like territory and military strength. As long as it gradually grows stronger, it will become the banner of mortals."
"No matter from which angle you look at it, this country will become a holy place in the hearts of all mortals." When he said this, King Kastner had already stood up from his throne. He said self-deprecatingly with great relief: "Fortunately, we did not launch a surprise attack on Elan Hill, otherwise Higgsnar would have become a city in Elan Hill..."
"But they still can't stop the attack of 80 dragons..." Luna came out of her shock and looked at her father: "No mortal country can confront 80 dragons head-on!"
"Yes, but if they succeed..." Kastner looked down at his daughter from the steps: "The world will no longer be dull. It will become wonderful... I kind of want to meet His Majesty the Grand Duke of Ailan Hill, as an admirer."
"I hope you can see him in person, rather than a grave without even a corpse!" Luna stood in the hall holding her sword, her tall and well-proportioned shadow stretched long by the firelight.
